One hour of panic for cable car passengers trapped by Mexico earthquake

They were in one of the worst places possible, at the wrong time, and they were in the air for about an hour in a panic. These were the passengers who were traveling on the Cablebus from Mexico City when the 7.1 magnitude earthquake shakes the capital of the North American country.

several people they got caught in the Cablebus Iztapalapa due to a power failure. As reported, users were suspended from 8:47 p.m. and around 73 minutes later service was normalized, according to what was clarified by the head of government in the capital, Claudia Sheinbaum.

Video that quickly went viral on social media shows just how difficult the predicament of feel that everything is moving tens of meters high.

“He is ringed a lot”One of the passengers is in despair by praying to the “pretty little virgin”. “Easy, easy, nothing happens”, tries to appease the spirits of a man, who inside must have lived the same terror as the others.

For her part, Gabriela Cruz, who was on board, once ashore recounted what she experienced: “It was a very ugly experience. They didn’t tell us anything and as soon as the earthquake alert started, it started to shake and the cable bus stopped, ”he told Azteca Noticias television.

The situation was also recorded from the street, by a Twitter user, who showed how the vehicle moved while he was stopped in the middle of the course and awaiting the return of the serve.

An earthquake that shook Mexico

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked Mexico City and surrounding areas on Tuesday evening, with a balance of a dead person, several areas without electricity and damage to some structures and buildings, according to the authorities.

The quake had its epicenter 11 kilometers southeast of Acapulco in southeastern Mexico, according to the National Seismological Service.

The governor of Guerrero, Héctor Astudillo, has confirmed the death of a person in Coyuca de Benítez. “They confirm that a pole fell because of the earthquake, he fell on him and he died»Informed the governor.

“Until no serious damage reported“Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on Twitter.

“We have some power outages, but without relevant news, the metro and the Metrobús continue to function, ”Omar García, head of the secretary for Citizen Security in this neighborhood, told Milenio TV.

Astudillo, from Guerrero, added to the press that in the port of Acapulco there had been no injuries or damage so far.

The earthquake, late in the Mexican night – almost Argentinian morning, was also perceived moderately in parts of the state of Puebla and with intensity in other cities of the state of Mexico. Images of panic have invaded social networks.

Adela Román Ocampo, mayor of Acapulco, said the earthquake was “very strong”. “This event worries us, there is no major damage other than power cuts and gas leaks“he added.

The earthquake caused a nervous breakdown in central Mexico City, whose residents still have tragic memories of the 7.1 degree earthquakes recorded on September 19, 2017, and that of September 9 of the same year – almost dated right now – which shook the center of the country and claimed 369 lives, the majority in the capital.

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